Disclaimer: I don't own the Black Lagoon.

Originally this did not belong to me. It was put up for adoption and I grabbed it due to my immense love for Black Lagoon.

"Hey Rock! Don't overdo it…I'm not gunna drag your unconscious ass back to the boat just because you can't hold your liquor!"

Rock, seated at a table with Benny across the room, ignored her as he downed another shot.

After emptying his glass and setting it down on the counter, Dutch gave Revy a side-ways glance as she let out a stream of explicatives directed at the former businessman.

"You say that every time, and yet you always end up carrying him back anyway."

She gave a snort as Bao placed another bottle between them.

"Yeah, well, I've got to take good care of my 'silver bullet' or else one of these days it'll ricochet back and tear me a new asshole."

Dutch gave her a raised brow, but shrugged when she didn't elaborate.

"So…does this mean that you've finally found your guy?"

Revy growled and slammed her fist onto the counter: inevitably creating a bang that caused Bao to throw himself to the floor on reflex.

"Watch it Boss…"

The man gave a grin that betrayed no fear.

"Remember Revy, cool as a cucumber. But you don't need to say anything…I can already tell. So what's so special about him?"

Maybe it was the alcohol in her system (but she doubted it, as she could hold her liquor very well) or maybe it was just that she was too damn tired to care anymore. Whatever the reason, she sat back down and lowered her voice until it was barely audible as she stared blankly into her half-filled glass.

"Y'know Dutchy, we always want what we shouldn't go after. The way he is now, my corpse will be at the bottom of some piss-filled hole by next year. In a place like this, having a conscience is like walking up to a Nazi with a Star of David hanging around your neck…"

Dutch nodded slowly.

"So that's it…just because he's a good guy? He accepts you even though you can never be on the same side as him?"

"Don't turn this into sentimental 'he accepts me for me' bullshit. Yeah, he's what I can never be, but that's not the main reason."

He turned to her with a curious expression.

"Oh? And what, then, would the main reason be?"

"He's come out of every fight we've been through without being seriously injured, not even once. He's also one of the only people to ever survive being shot at by me on multiple occasions, not to mention that maid bitch and Balalaika."

"So what's that mean?"

"He's the only guy who has a chance of making it through a normal day with me without getting his head blown off."